[Pythonmac-SIG] Building plans .....

[Christopher Barker]

On Sun, Mar 15, 2020 at 4:39 AM Ronald Oussoren <ronaldoussoren at mac.com>
wrote:

> AFAIK the only difference for this discussion is the “Python.app” trick,
> and that can be accomplished outside of a framework build as well (but
> currently is not).
>
> Two other differences:
> - A framework build is easier to integrate into applications that are
> built using Xcode (just drop the framework into list of used frameworks)
>
When would that come into play? If you are developing an application that
embeds the python interpreter? OR if you are using XCode as your IDE for
developing a Python App?


> - py2app currently doesn’t work properly with a Unix build
>

But that could be fixed, yes? (And I think PyInstaller already does work
with a unix build)

I *think* this means that a unix-style build with the python.app "trick"
would be appropriate for use in distributions that are otherwise not "mac
native" -- e.g. conda, homebrew.

As to whether a style build would be OK for the python.org installer, I'm
not so sure. That may still be a candidate for a Framework build --it sure
does make installation/uninstalling easier than scatter files all over
/usr/local.

Of course, to make any of this happen, someone with the autoconf skills
needs to have the time and motivation to do it. I'm not that person (though
who knows how far I would have gotten if I'd spent the time I've spent
talking about this actually giving it a try :-) )

So we'll see. Maybe there's no one that both wants this done and has the
time and skills to do it -- such is the world of open source.

-CHB




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